NATIONAL EXPENDITURE.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether consideration has been given to the report of the Private Members' Economy Committee of 1932; which of the recommendations contained therein have been put into effect; and what has been the resultant reduction in national expenditure?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

Yes, Sir; the Committee's suggestions were carefully considered and although in a number of cases the detailed proposals were found to be incompatible with the policy of His Majesty's Government, I was glad at the time of the assistance which they afforded
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me in my task of effecting economies. In view of the enormous field covered by the Committee—their report ran to over 130 pages—I cannot undertake to make the elaborate analysis which the last two parts of the Question would require.